Survial Preparedness

Good Morning Billy,

Great email and great information. Since Linda and I have lived on ranches oftentimes in the sticks, I thought I might mention a few things to help your readers. And the following is some things we have considered and have in place to different degrees.

1. We need air and can't live for more than a few moments without it.
2. We need water for all kinds of things and depending on temperature and your health, we can only live between half a day in extreme heat to a full week without it, if it is cool and very light activity.
3. Most healthy people can live nearly a month without food if you do not work too hard.

Some additional suggestions...

In a disaster, remember, you have emergency water in a number of places that is safe to drink. You may not like it, but it should be safe. One's toilet tank has several gallons of water. Then, there is our hot water heater that will have thirty to fifty gallons of water in it. Talk to a handyman or plumber on how to get it out without being burned. It is usually easy. Consider water purification tablets you can find at Academy or household bleach in the right levels to purify questionable water. Experts will usually say, never drink sea water or urine, even in an emergency.

Medicine. Be sure to have necessary amounts of certain drugs you need to live if you have heart or other serious issues. Have extra amounts on hand. Tell your doctor you intend to travel to help with your prescription.

Flashlight. Have extra flashlights with extra batteries on hand, buy them NOW. Most batteries now last half a dozen years, you will always use them.

Have some basic tools, you will always use them. Locate them NOW.

Keep your car always topped off with fuel, never below a half a tank. Make this a way of life.

Think about buying some little GMRS handi-talkies. These are very common. This may be your only link to others if phones and cell phones go out. These are great for staying in touch with family, and others, within a half a mile.

Food. As Billy says, buy an amount of food your are comfortable with, not junk, but healthful food. Rotate your stock. Remember, the more you eat, the more water you need. The hotter it is, the more water you need. The harder you work, the more water you need, and we may be walking much more in an emergency.

Of course, have cash on hand, as Billy says. So few people have more than a few bucks around, but a pocket full of cards. Using cash is a better way of life, anyway. Helps save money in the long run. Try it.

Personal Protection. Consider personal protection that you are comfortable with. If you choose to buy a firearm, KNOW THE LAW and get some form of training. Anything is better than nothing.

LASTLY, do this exercise soon, you will be amazed how well it works, how much fun you will have and how much you will learn. Go to your breaker box and turn off all the breakers to your house for 24 or more hours. Have pen and plenty of paper in hand and start taking notes and more notes of what you need.

Regards, Carl

Some Q & A

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Suzanne Dollar <suzedoll@yahoo.com> wrote:

When he says “get liquid”, does that mean cash or can you have money in a money market and it be okay?

This man is warning of having money in the stock market. He is saying get your money out of the stock market, it is going to crash/ (go down to a 1:1 gold/dow ratio, this last thought is me. In other words if gold is $2,500 the dow will be $2500 at its lowest correction. 1/1).

Another question: It seems if the stock market goes down, and the dollar is worth nothing..how are our liquidated dollars of great help?

If the USD (dollar) crashes then the worst place to have money is USD or the stock market. If the USD and the stock market crash, or tank or bottom out, 1oz of Gold will still be 1oz of Gold and 1oz of Silver will still be 1oz of silver. Remember the US use to use a silver dollar as money?

How about tangible things like real estate? Is that as good as cash or gold?

Real assets are as good as gold and silver. According to the "survivalist" investing in things that we might need to live in an emergency would be as good as money to barter with: i.e. gloves, plastic buckets, canned foods (will last 7 years), bullets, weapons, and that is whole other story!

Another question: Why is getting out of debt important…Soapy and I are not in debt except a mortgage,… but how does that figure into the equation? If one owes a monthly mortgage, that monthly mortgage will not increase, even if the dollar is worth "nothing", right? Unless it's an ARM loan.

Debt is your worst enemy. What if you have no $ to pay with. If you can't work, no one will pay you for your services with money they don't have either. If you lose your job and cannot work (earn new dollars) then how can you make payments on anything? In the Great Depression there were always rich and poor. Those that lost their jobs and could not pay for what they owed, lost it. If you are unable to make payments on the things you owe, you will lose them, and that is why debt is your enemy. Most Americans owe on everything they own. i.e. house, cars, furniture, credit cards,etc. Who do you know that is really debt free? Anyone?

Just curious about these things...not trying to play Devil's advocate, but seriously trying to understand logically.

You ask good question and it proves to me you are listening. I remember when at our house meetings I shared my thoughts about gold and silver and our banker friend told me," Forget gold and silver and invest in Euros." Hmmm....what is he investing in now?

Soapy has always accused me of being TOO inquisitive.

My regards to Soapy...be blessed BW

How to Prepare for the collapse, or whatever

People have asked me how do I prepare? Imagine no electricity for 72 hrs. That means no purchase at the grocery store, no electric scanner, no debit cards, no gasoline. The first step to being prepared for a disaster would be to be able to live for 72 hours without electricity or water. Do you have 72 hours of water, food and money stored up? If you could not use your bank card and no banks open and no one cashing checks, do you have enough on hand cash to get your through the 1st 72 hrs? Remember Katrina, no help for 72 hours. Remember Haiti, no help for 72 hrs. Remember if the phone system is out, you can't call 911 and even if you could, would they respond to your need? Remember Katrina, people calling 911 from their roof tops while the cops were quitting and going to their own homes. During Katrina only the gangs had guns and they went to work getting (stealing) what ever they wanted, while the cops were taking legal guns from legal homeowners! If you are trusting 911 to help you during the first 72 hours of an emergency, remember so are all the rest of the sheepeople!

If the grocery shelves are empty what will you eat? Being prepared for an emergency is like taking baby steps. One small step at a time. 1st prepare for a 72 hours emergency. Then prepare for 7 days emergency, and then prepare for a one month emergency and then prepare for a one year emergency.

And if nothing ever happens, eat your food, drink your water and spend the money you saved... LOL BW

Silver prices going up and down

Celente has 80% of his savings in gold. The best time is anytime to buy and hold. It is a safe refuge from the collapse of the dollar, stock market, euro and your money market account. Dollars going up and down, and ounce of silver/gold has been just the same for 6,000 years. It doesn't move, it is still an ounce. What is going up and down is the paper dollar. When you see that, then you will see...

I am buy older US minted 90% silver coins because I buy them at spot price of silver and NO premium. Thus I am buying at actual spot price of silver, where as all 100% silver coins have a premium added, so spot cost plus the premium.

How to Prepare

Yes we are still buying silver. I bought about $1500 worth in the last couple of weeks. I am trying something new that I have not done before. I am buying silver off ebay and am buying 90% silver us coins. example: Mercury Dimes 50@ for $64.00. This is the only way I have found to buy silver at spot, without the $2 they add for the cost of minting the coin. I have 3 lots of 100 @ that I am currently bidding on right now. Go to this website and see what is the melt value of each coin at "today's" silver spot prices, (it changes everyday, so bookmark this site). http://www.coinflation.com/ I am buying 90% silver coins at their melt price of spot silver! By far the cheapest way to own silver. Click on this link:

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=mercury+dimes+lot&_sacat=0&_dmpt=Coins_US_Individual&_odkw=mercury+dimes&_osacat=0&bkBtn=&_trksid=p4978.m270.l1313

You know what to bid buy comparing the current melt price of the coin each day. example 100 mercury dimes this morning were worth $1.28 each spot melt value. So I am bidding $128 and pay the shipping if I win.

Now if that is not your cup of tea, then you can buy from www.monex.com for the best price, and 10% bars with a 79 cent per oz mark up is about the best. So you are paying spot plus 79 cents/oz.

See this video for more info on 90% silver american coins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuZn2ANwLAA